About the BookIn this memoir and bibliography, combined with philosophy and short stories, James (Jim) Linn has collected twelve years of quotes from others with how they spoke to him, his deep thoughts, some poetry, and thought-provoking memes. Linn also shares his observations about life and human nature.About the AuthorJames (Jim) Linn played and managed softball teams, both men’s and co-ed, for forty-seven years. He now enjoys playing pickleball five days a week. ...

About the BookIn this memoir and bibliography, combined with philosophy and short stories, James (Jim) Linn has collected twelve years of quotes from others and how they spoke to him, his deep thoughts, some poetry, and thought-provoking memes. Linn also shares his observations about life and human nature.About the AuthorJames (Jim) Linn played and managed softball teams, both men’s and co-ed, for forty-seven years. He now enjoys playing pickleball five days a week. I...

It Was Never A Gamble is the true-life story of an early 1900s gambler and hustler. It chronicles the life of Jimmy James.Born in 1900 and leaving the family farm at the age of 14, he made a living by taking advantage of other's greed. He learned early that to get ahead he may have to bend a few rules. But, in a time when the rules were few and the enforcement was often left to one's own conscious, there could be big rewards for the person with the intestin...

Wisdom and Wit From the BlindWisdom and Wit From The Blind is the result of over 30 years of published and non-published articles and short stories written by legendary call maker Wendell Carlson and World Champion Duck Caller and call maker Jim James. In this book is compiled articles that span from the early 1980s through the first decade of the 21st Century.In one place, you can now find all the information, motivation and instruction that thousands of waterfowl...

An ironically upbeat book that asks some of today’s most inimitable musicians which song they would choose to be the last one they ever hearVariety Best Music Book of 2020TIME Best Book of Fall 2020 SelectionIf you could choose the last song you’d hear before you died, what would it be and why? Your favorite song of all time? Perhaps the one you danced to at your wedding? The song from that time you got super stoned...

There’s no escaping this truth: something is broken.Is the platform updated? Does a restart fix it? Can we attach a debugger? Does the hot fix apply? Is it the architecture? Did any of the DevOps pipeline steps fail? Who does “blame” say touched it last? Are the cognitive models trained with the right set? Is that a best practice or an antipattern? Is there a performance bottleneck that’s not scaling?At the risk of heresy (0.0132% probability), the author, a well-seasoned s...

Jason Isbell describes Will Johnson’s songs as a poetic manipulation of language that employs “multi-syllable words used almost as musical instruments [and] detailed images flying at the listener with no time to fully decipher meaning before the next image appears.” Similar sentiments are echoed in many engaging essays shared here by John Krajicek in Patience for the Ride: The Art and Life of Will Johnson. Recollections from fellow musicians and artists show unwavering appreciatio...

“I love what Jim Burke has done to make the Standards less threatening and more useful for teachers. In particular, the indicators for what students and teachers should be doing, given the Standard, are extremely helpful; as are such a clear glossary and illuminating examples. All in all, The Common Core Companion is bound to be enormously useful and thus dog-eared!”- Grant Wiggins, President, Authentic Education, Hopewell, NJThat version of the...

Personality Psychology: A Student-Centered Approach organizes the field of personality psychology around basic questions relevant to the reader’s past, present, and future selves. Answers to the questions are based on findings from up-to-date research and shed light on the validity of personality theories to help students deepen their understanding of their own personalities. Concise, conversational, and easy-to-understand, the Second Edition is enhanced w...

The Authors experience dealing with the IRS and Congress has led him to know that most Americans earn insufficient income to have a tax liability. The current taxing system, Title 26 United States Code, is all based on semantics, not fact of law.This experience culminated with the IRS placing levies and liens against him and his wife. He knew the IRS had no authority to use these penalties and set out on a journey to prove this true. This book documents that most people who work in...

UntitledSkip, The LAST Freedom FighterBy: James (Jim) RobinsonAfter the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr. in 1968, the civil rights movement was in need of others to champion the cause. It was during this time that Skip Robinson, a black man in his early thirties, came bursting onto the scene. Skip Robinson was able to talk in a way that everyone could relate to, and he was able to lead people into action, including demonstrations, boycotts, and marches througho...

Globally, tens of thousands of children and women disappear each year, marketed like cuts of meat, sold into labor or sexual bondage, even in the United States. Many never see home again, and perish from drug addiction, murder or suicide. Seventeen-year-old Linda McCulley is missing, abducted to Mexico by her mother’s boyfriend, and destined for sale into white slavery. But Sever Nigh has an idea where she is and sets out to find her, plunging his life into chaos. Tracking Linda McCulley a...